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proportionable
[ pruh-pawr-shuh-nuh-buhl, -pohr- ]
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Other Words From
- pro·portion·a·bili·ty pro·portion·a·ble·ness noun
- pro·portion·a·bly adverb
- nonpro·portion·a·ble adjective
- unpro·portion·a·ble adjective
- unpro·portion·a·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proportionable1
1350–1400; Middle English proporcionable < Late Latin prōportiōnābilis. See proportion, -able
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Example Sentences
We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are.
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These sentences have, I hear, given offence in my native town, and a proportionable pleasure to our rivals of Glasgow.
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The inhabitants of Magnesia, under Mount Sipylus, were held the next in sufferings, and had proportionable relief.
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Upon small offences he bestowed pardon; for such as were great he exercised proportionable severity.
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I expect measure hard enough and must furnish apace with proportionable armour.
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